College of Arts & Sciences

A University of New Mexico grad student is looking ahead after winning a prestigious national fellowship. David Vargas, a UNM Ph.D. student in applied mathematics, was announced as the recipient of Sandia National Laboratories ‘John von Neumann...

For more than 20 consecutive summers, Eliseo “Cheo” Torres and Mario Del Angel Guevara, University of New Mexico Chicana/o Studies professors, have hosted “Traditional Medicine without Borders: Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico.” This two-week...

June is LGBTQI+ Pride Month and to highlight the celebration, The University of New Mexico Anthropology department has compiled a website page full of events, research, news, organizations, and other resources and information. According to the Library...

Babies born with weights less than 5 lbs 8 ounces (2,500 grams), can face a host of health challenges and an increased risk for chronic health problems like diabetes and heart disease later in life. Now, for the first time, researchers at The University...

The University of New Mexico wrapped up its 2023-2024 cohort of the Fostering Research Expansion in the Social Sciences and Humanities (FRESSH) program last month with 21 faculty from 18 different departments across campus. "After just two cohorts, The...

Bruce Huckell, associate professor of Anthropology at The University of New Mexico and a leader in the fields of geoarchaeology, lithic technology, and early prehistoric foragers in North America, died on May 13. Huckell received his bachelor's degree in...

A University of New Mexico research scientist and professor is being recognized nationally for his contributions to planetary geology by the Geological Society of America. Charles 'Chip' Shearer, a Senior Research Scientist for the Institute of...

A new, timely book written by two UNM political science professors is diving into the critical issue of abortion politics.  Johns Hopkins University Press has just published, Regulating Abortion: The Politics of U.S. Abortion Policy, by Deborah R....

The Maxwell Museum of Anthropology of the University of New Mexico has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Grants for Arts Projects award of $36,000. This grant will support ALL REZ: Kéyah, Hooghan, K'é, Iiná / Land, Home,...

A coalition of UNM researchers have just taken a huge step forward for addiction research, in emphasizing a recovery process that has long been needed for a specific drug. This comes from the minds of Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions...